PSY 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Complete Control, Psychopathology, Asthma

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1101
• Professor: Najwa Haddad

Document Summary

Earn a point (i & ii) p 85 to 107. Social interaction between a hypnotist and a participant, and the hypnotist makes suggestions in perception and thinking. Posthypnotic suggestion: makes a suggestion for the person during the session but they are supposed to do something later. Posthypnotic amnesisa: suggestion to the person where they instruct the person to forget a fact and this suggestion that goes beyond the session. Can anyone be hypnotized: most people are moderately hypnotizable, 10-20% difficult to be hypnotized, genetic component to hypnotize ability (cmot, unrelated to gullibility, imagination, psychopathology, related to the ability to get absorbed in an activity, expectations influence. Does the hypnotist have special training and do they have power over you: anyone can hypnotize another person, 0 power of you, does not control your mind, you remain in complete control. Is hypnosis like a sleeplike state: no. Do people lose touch with their environment: people are fully aware of their surroundings.